WEBVTT MOLLIE: NOW MORE THAN EVER BUT TODAY'S HEADLINES IS THE NEED TO BREAK DOWN WALLS AND FENCES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND EVEN OUR WORKPLACE. MY GUESTS ARE WORKING HARD TO FIGHT WHAT IS CALLED UNCONSCIOUS BIAS WITH UPCOMING WORKSHOPS. KEVIN AND RUNNING ARE LEADING THE SEMINARS. YOU BOTH ON CONSULTING AGENCIES. WORKED TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME IN HUMAN RESOURCES. RENEE, ADDED THIS SEMINAR COME ABOUT? GUEST: TODAY IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHY THIS TRAINING IS SO NEEDED. KEVIN AND I REALIZE WE BRING MORE TO RELATIONSHIPS THAN JUST OUR PHYSICAL PRESENCE. WE BRING OUR THOUGHTS, OUR IDEAS, OUR STEREOTYPES. THEY SOMETIMES GET IN THE WAY OF US EXCEPTING EACH OTHER FOR WHO WE ARE. WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER THIS TRAINING TO HELP PEOPLE BE MORE REFLECTIVE AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR BIASES COME FROM AND HOW THEY ARE LEARNED AND HOW THEY CAN REALLY TRY TO ERADICATE SOME OF THE STEREOTYPES THAT TRULY GET IN THE WAY AND IMPACT AWAY WE MAKE DECISIONS AND ADDRESS AND RELATE TO EACH OTHER. MOLLIE: TODAY'S HEADLINES. IT HITS HOME. GUEST: MY HEART IS HEAVY. IT IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHY THIS TRAINING IS SO RELEVANT AND NEEDED. MORE SOEVER THAN TODAY. MOLLIE: YOU HAVE A SEMINAR AT TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. WE WILL GIVE YOU THE DATES. IT IS THIS MONTH. KEVIN, WHAT ARE YOU FOCUSING ON? GUEST: THREE THINGS. ONE IS TO REALLY HELP PEOPLE WITH -- LOOK DEEP IN THE SELF-AWARENESS ABOUT THEIR OWN UNCONSCIOUS BIASES WITHOUT JUDGMENT SO YOU CAN REALLY EXAMINE WHAT THOSE ARE. AND UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THOSE RISES RISE UP, IT HAS AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE. WE ARE LOOKING IN THE WORKPLACE. IT CREATES TENSION, FRICTION, ALL KINDS OF THINGS. IT GETS IN THE LEE OF CREATING A COHESIVE WORKGROUP. AND THEN SECOND IS WE ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE SOME VERY EFFECTIVE TOOLS TO BEGIN TO MINIMIZE THOSE UNCONSCIOUS BIASES SO WE CAN MOVE TO MORE OF AN INCLUSIVE AND MORE ACCEPTANCE OF OUR COWORKERS. THIRD, WE WILL LAST AND THE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO REALIZE THAT UTILIZE THESE TOOLS, MEET AND REPORT BACK TO US SO WE CAN SHARE IT WITH THE GROUP. WE ARE PUTTING IN SOME PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY TO TAKE THIS FORWARD. MOLLIE: WHO ARE THE SEMINARS FOR? GUEST: THOSE THAT LEAD, INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS, ANYBODY THAT REALLY WANTS TO BE MORE SELF REFLECTIVE OF HOW THEY CAN BE BETTER AT RELATING AND CONNECTING WITH OTHERS. MOLLIE: WHEN AND WHERE? GUEST: JULY 13 AT 8:30 TO 11:30 IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS AND JULY 21 AT THE SAME TIME, SAME PLACE. MOLLIE: IT IS THE SAME TOPIC. AND OUR COSTS INVOLVED. FOR MORE INFORMATION? GUEST: ACCORDING -- MY WEBSITE RIGHT THERE FOR YOU. MOLLIE: THANK YOU. A TOUGH SUBJECT BUT YOU ARE TRYING TO HELP.